Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-04
HERR MOST'S PLAN.
Ihe Internal Machine Found on
Boapd tho Gn--anIotte

/ pCHEu I ne Nu duuDtics
The MORNING NEWS has already given
an account OF the attempt to blow up the
steamer Guyandotte with dynamite, but
the following additional particulars will
be of interest.
| Two conclusions we're reached by In
spector Byrnes' detectives after they had
carefully examined the scene OF the sup
posed dynamite explosion on board the
Guy and0tte and had crOss-examined the
omcers, passengers and crew. These con-
cluslons are that an Internal machine
caused the explosion and that the person
who placed it on board was in all proba-
Dlllty an Anarchist. His aim in deposit
Ing the contrlyance on board the vessel
was also made clear. He wished to dis
able the steamer and probably to sink her
WIN all on board. That he would have
accom- plished his purpose had 1t not been
Ior the presence Of mind OF William
Thomas, an oiler in the engine room, none
VINO read this story can doubt.
Almost everybody on the ship saw the
dynamite hend before The ship sailed, and
naturally the police have been furnished
with most accurate description of his
personal appearance and his clothing.
According 10 Mrs. Della Garcia, the stew
afdebs, Robert Sinclair. the mess boy, and
second OthceT Hitler, whose descriptions
all tally, The man was slender and about
feet 3 inches tall. He had a pale round
lace, yelowish mOustache. rather scant
ana snort mutton-chop Whiskers, which
stood out in such a peculiar way that the
steWardess aud the mess boy both took
second look at them to see if they were
not false. The mans hair was sandy
like his whiskers
tie was we'll but peculiarly dressed. He
wore snutf-cOlored OvercOat, short and
tightly buttoned. His trousers were black
cl0th. He came on board the ship half an
hour before she sailed and carried in his
hand small black bag. brand new and of
com M on pattern, covered with enam-
eted cloth. This bag was about q foot
long, nine inches high and eight inches
across. He wandered about The deck and
through the cabin, getting his bearings,
and then deposited MS burden on the
grated moor OF the engine room, just two
feet from the steam chest. William
lhomaS, the oiler, fortunately assembled
The circular stairs a minute later and
saw 1t there. 81 picked it up" he SAID,
and put 1t outside the door,
thinking somebody had left
it there by mistake" IL was about two
minutes later when the stranger passed
and took the bag from Its resting place.
lie carried 1t through the cabin in full
view OF Mrs. Garcia and lett IL in the
dark closet over the vessels stern. Sim
clair saw him as he left the vessel empty
handed, as also did Dewsboy and the
second officer William a. Kelly, of the
Holorook House, Fnty-sec0nd street and
Fourth avenue, the PASSENGER who was
injured by fying splinters, entered the
closet one hour after toe vessel sailed. II
saw the bag" he said, as he nursed his
wounded leg, land felt an almost ire
sistible desire to kIckit. Fortunately for
myself | retrained" The police at once
set to work to get at some tangible proof
that the internal machine was the cause
of the explosion.
The cabin of the vessel afforded an
abundance of raw material to work upon.
The entire starbOard side of the stern
compartments was heaped in a pictu-
rescue ruin. A pile of splinters, four
feet high and thirty feet in cir
conference, represented all that was
left of ash partitions, gliding and
birdseye maple wainsooting. Here
and there among the debris searcher
detected minute particles of broken glass,
bits of bedding, feathers, scraps of clotn
aud paper, twisted pipes OF lead,
broken iron water pipes and
thousand and one miscellaneous
objects. These had been coil, cted
from all over the cabin to a distance
of 100 feet, where they mad been hurled bv
the explosion. Crawling down the COM
pani0nway Into the "Elory room" be-
meath. where the hunks for eight walters
formerly stood, other evidence OF the force
OF the explosion became manifest. These
hunks were broken into fragments. and
Immediately above where they had stood
was al irregular hole which looked as
though cannOn ball had passed through
it. The deck, W hicn was five inches thick,
had been cut through, the hole was three
feet by TWO feet, and a superficial exami-
nation showed clearly that it was made
with dynamite or one OF the higher ex-
plosyes.
Capt. John A. Kelley. Second Officer
Hitler, Superintendent of the Company
Bourne and two detectives started to
overhaul the debris, and, after a few min
utes' work, Mr. Hitler made
a find. Anarchist Johann Most's
"Science of Revolutionary Warfare" con
tains directions how TO make an almost
precisely similar cOntrivance for eXplOd-
ing dynamite. The only difference lies
in the fact that Most recommends that a
piece OF iron pine should be used. "be-
cause it Is cheaper" whereas the dyna-
mite tiend OF theGuyandotTe was evidently
less pCnurlOus, and used brass. The con-
trlvance was beautifully made.
As soon as Inspector Byrnes heard OF
the find he enjOined secrecy on every
body. Mr. Kelly decided 10 remain over,
and Oiler Thomas mysteriOusly disap-
peaTed. He was said to have gone TO
Brooklyn, but he certainly went to police
headquarters ana told hls story to the In
aDpctor frat